title: Influence of gastrointestinal trichostrongylidosis on ram fertility.
abstract: A study on the influence of gastrointestinal trichostrongyles on ram fertility was performed. Two groups of semen donor rams (Sarda breed) were utilized; one was experimentally infected with Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Teladorsagia circumcincta and the other was used as a control group. In all animals, coprological, haematological and reproductive parameters were studied. The results suggest that the parasites had a limited effect with some changes in phosphorus, cholesterol and chlorine levels. In our experience the parasitic burden produced no significant change on ram fertility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Public Health, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy. ggaglio@unime.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gaglio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poglayen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gruner
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maras
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giannetto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*